The Magaluf Literature Festival closes its fifth edition with 12,000 attendees.

PalmThe Magaluf Expanded Literature Festival (FLEM), organized by Rata Corner and INNSiDE by Meliá, closed its fifth edition this Sunday with a resounding success with the public and critics, consolidating its position as one of the most important cultural events on the national literary calendar.

Over four days, nearly 12,000 people participated in a diverse and multidisciplinary program that confirmed the maturity of a festival that continues to evolve, with the ambition to reinvent itself and surprise with each edition, the organizers stated in a statement.

From Thursday to Sunday, Magaluf has become the epicenter of the written and spoken word, combining literature, music, art, thought, and stage performances in a format that celebrates contemporary culture from multiple angles. "FLEM has once again demonstrated its ability to attract both major figures in international literature and new audiences, maintaining its innovative spirit and its vocation for meeting disciplines and generations," the organizers noted.

This edition included an outstanding list of guests, including American writer Siri Hustvedt, who has been with the festival from day one and took advantage of her stay to visit the Miró Foundation and Mallorca Cathedral; Helen Fielding, author of the celebrated Bridget Jones saga; Megan Maxwell, a leading figure in Spanish romance novels; and Argentine Pedro Mairal, one of the great names in contemporary Ibero-American literature.

This Sunday brought the final touches to a day marked by emotion and the closeness of the audience. Mikel López Iturriaga, Lorena Macías and María Lo opened the day with a conversation about gastronomy, culture and creation, moderated by journalist Marta Terrasa.

Later, Mallorcan writers Antònia Vicens, Laura Gost and writer Joan Llinàs shared, moderated by Sebastià Portell, a dialogue that vindicated the island's literary talent.

The closing of the edition was led by Javier Cercas, interviewed by journalist Andreu Manresa, in an encounter that filled the auditorium and saw the audience off with a resounding applause.

In parallel, the stage Travel to Zero has hosted the show 39º in the shade, an original creation commissioned by the festival itself to pay tribute to the career of Antonia Vicens. Directed by Carme Serna, the production fused music, dance, and words to reinterpret the work of the Santanyí-born composer—present in the audience—in one of the most moving moments of this fifth edition.